8th Grade Language Arts

Mr. Donnelly

Week of 17 November 2008

Monday 17

• Unit 4 Vocab Quiz

• Continue working with "Life in the Iron Mills," and "My Bondage and My Freedom"

HW: Write paragraphs in journals in response to painting shown in class, using pre-writing excercises already completed.

Tuesday 18

• Read paragraphs

• Discuss "My Bondage and My Freedom"

HW: Reading on EA Poe

Wednesday 19

• EA Poe

HW: Continue reading

Thursday 20

• EA Poe

HW: Quiz on short stories

Friday 21

• Quiz: Short Stories

HW: Vocab quiz, Unit 5  MONDAY

 

Week of 10 November 2008

Tuesday 11

• Reading "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis

HW: Finish reading to page 25. Describe in a sentence or two these characters (if they have appeared):

1. Hugh Wolfe
2. Deborah Wolfe
3. Clarke Kirby
4. Doctor May
5. Mitchell
6. "Captain" 
7. Quaker woman
8. The narrator

Wednesday 12

Work on questions from "Life in the Iron Mills"

1. In your own words, describe the town in the story.
2. How does the narrator decribe Welsh people?
3. What is Hugh Wolfe like? What do people think of him at the mill? Why?
4. What do the visitors think of the mill and its people?
5. Describe the statue Hugh is making?
6. HW: Finish reading and questions on "Life in the Iron Mills"

Thursday 13

• "Life in the Iron Mills"

1. What do Mitchell and the doctor talk about while they're at the mill? How does the conversation end? 2. What decision does Hugh make about Deb's gift? Would you have made the same decision? Why?

Reading "My Bondage and My Freedom" (excerpt) by Frederick Douglass

My Bondage and My Freedom. By Frederick Douglass.pdf

Friday 14

• Discussion of "Life in the Iron Mills" Frederick Douglass, historical narrative and historical short fiction

HW: Unit 4 Vocab Quiz MONDAY

 

Week of 3 November 2008

Monday 3

• Begin writing rough draft of Lamplighter article from outline

HW: Finish draft of Lamplighter article (typed, double spaced) CHECK OVER RUBRIC before calling it done

Tuesday 4

• Begin writing final draft of Lamplighter article from rough draft

HW: Finish final draft of Lamplighter article (typed, double spaced) CHECK OVER RUBRIC before calling it done

Wednesday 5

• Reading of article final drafts, final comments and revisions

HW: Turn in final draft of lamplighter article -- one hard copy to Mr. Donnelly, one electronic copy emailed IN WORD FORMAT to jdonnelly@woodlawnschool.org

Thursday 6

• ALL 8th grade meet first bell in Mr. Donnelly's room.

 

 

Week of 27 October 2008

Monday 27

• Begin Anthology Project: Choose pieces and begin individual workshopping

HW: Begin collecting media files for Anthology Project

Tuesday 28

• Continue revising pieces for Anthology project: peer editing

HW: Type up final drafts; All media files for portfolio project due Wednesday on CD or flsh drive, in proper format

 Wednesday 29

•Turn in 2 copies of your final draft

• Organize media and fill out a tech sheet to be handed in by the end of class

• Begin Lamplighter Project

HW: Email story ideas to jdonnelly@woodlawnschool.org by end of school Friday. Outlines DUE Monday morning at the start of class.

*Please note that students who have not emailed me their story ideas will lose points from their project grade, and will be assigned a topic. If I have not heard from you yet (Saturday, 1 November) please be aware that the sports page is closed.

 

Week of 20 October 2008

Monday 20

• Reading: The Crucible

HW: Test on The Crucible Friday 24 October

Tuesday 21

• Reading: The Crucible

HW: Quiz on The Crucible Acts II & III Wednesday 22 October

 Wednesday 22

• Quiz on The Crucible Acts II & III

• Reading: The Crucible

HW: Finish reading Act IV of The Crucible

Thursday 16
• Review: The Crucible

Friday 24

Test on The Crucible Friday 24 October

 

Week of 14 October 2008

Tuesday 14

•  Crucible Reflections (in your journal)

1. What gift did Mary give Elizabeth? Why?
2. As Act II begins, who has already been tried and what were the results? Why do you think things turned out for those people the way that they did?

Wednesday 15

• Reading: The Crucible

• Introduce portfolio project

HW: Quiz on Vocab 3 and The Crucible, Act I - Thursday 9 October

Thursday 16

• Quiz on Vocab 3
• Reading: The Crucible

HW: Relfection question - Do you think Elizabeth Proctor is pregnant? Why or why not?

Friday 17

 

Week of 6 October 2008

Monday 6

• Reading: The Crucible

• Begin work on portfolio project

HW: Crucible reflections (In your journal, choose two of the following questions and write about a half page for each):

Tuesday 7

• Reading: The Crucible
• Workshop writing pieces for project
HW: Quest on Vocab 3 and The Crucible, Act I - Thursday 9 October

Wednesday 8

• Reading: The Crucible

• Introduce portfolio project

HW: Quest on Vocab 3 and The Crucible, Act I - Thursday 9 October

Thursday 9

• Quest on Vocab 3 and The Crucible, Act I
• Reading: The Crucible
• Work on portfolio project
• Turn in journals

HW: Gather images and sounds for project

 

Week of 29 September 2008

Monday 29

• Finish Speeches

• Introduce The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Vocab. Unit 2 Quiz Thursday 2 October

Tuesday 30

• Speech presentations

• Begin reading The Crucible
HW: Vocab. Unit 2 sentences #11-20

HW: Read opening of The Crucible, pp. 3-8

Wednesday 1

• Continue The Crucible
HW: Vocab. Unit 2 Quiz Thursday 2 October

Thursday 2

• Vocab. Unit 2 Quiz
• Continue The Crucible
HW: Questions on The Crucible

Friday 3

• Old Salem

 

Week of 22 September 2008

Monday 22

• Begin Vocab. Unit 2
• Poetry presentations
• Speeches and Sermons
HW: Read “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine (excerpts)
Vocab. Unit 2 Quiz Thursday 25

Tuesday 23

• Speeches/Sermons: LA8 Content
• Homophones
HW: Vocab. Unit 2 sentences #1-10

Wednesday 24

• Speeches/Sermons: Patrick Henry, George Washington
• Crafting a speech
HW: Vocab. Unit 2 Quiz Thursday 25

Thursday 25

• Vocab. Unit 2 Quiz
• Begin writing speeches
HW: Finish introductory paragraph of speech

Friday 26

• Workshop speeches

HW: Finish speech body paragraphs

Bring The Crucible to class on Monday

 

Week of 15 September 2008

Monday 15

• Vocab. Unit 1: 11-20
• Colonial American Poetry: Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley,Phillip Freneau
HW: Vocab Quiz Thursday

Tuesday 16

• Daily Grams
• Wiriting the Personal Poem
HW: Sentences for vocab words #11-20

Wednesday 17

• Writing poetry
• HW: Review for Vocab Quiz: Unit 1, #11-20

Thursday 18

• Vocab Quiz: Unit 1, #11-20
• Postcolonial Poetry: William Cullen Bryant
• HW: None

Friday 19

• Daily Grams

• Discuss commas and our Historical Narratives

• Reading poetry

• HW: Type final draft of revised poem

 

Week of 8 September 2008

 

Monday 8

• Colonial Lit: Native American Oratory

• PP: Background of the format

• Reading: “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”

• HW: Read “The Navajo Origin Legend,” Critical Thinking questions 1-4

• Vocab Quiz Thursday

Tuesday 9

• Working with commas: clauses, phrases, separation

• Colonial Lit: Native American Oratory

• Writing/sharing oratory

• HW: Vocab sentences

Wednesday 10   

• Colonial Lit: European Settlers (Nonfiction Narrative)

• Readings: Smith

• HW: Read Hariot

Thursday 11

• Vocab Quiz

• Colonial Lit: European Settlers (Nonfiction Narrative) continued

• Readings: Garilcoso

• HW: None

Friday 12

• Working with commas: clauses, phrases, separation

• Writing Historical Narrative

• HW: Type final draft of Historical Narrative

 

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